Immigration and the Border: Politics and Policy in the New Latino Century

David L. Leal is Professor in the Department of Government, and the Center for Mexican American Studies, College of Liberal Arts. View author's profile here.

The contributors to Immigration and the Border address immigration and border politics and policies, focusing on the U.S. side of the border. The volume editors have arranged the essays into five sections. The two chapters in the first section set the stage and discuss the binational lives of Mexican migrants; chapters in the subsequent sections highlight specific political and policy themes: civic engagement, public policies, political reactions against immigrants, and immigrant leadership